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HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-6 DEER HERD COMMITTEE 15 OF 33APPENDIX 3 (CONTINUED) I. Lodgepole Pine Trees Shrubs Lodgepole pine Manzonita Western white pine Gooseberry Red fir Western serviceberry J. Jeffrey Pine Trews Shrubs Jei£rey pine Mount in, whitethorn Lodgepole pine Snowbuch Whi lue fir manzanita Peed fir Sdas team servicebe rry Black oak Sierra chinquapin Hucklobervy oak K. Ponderosa Pine Trees Shrubs Ponda;osA pine llanzanit Incenla Cedar Auckbrunh Black oak Lemon ceanothu,s Poison otik Appendix 4 MIGRATORY DEER STUDY PANEL REPORT BUTTIZI, COUNTY INTRODUCTION Three Jeparatd migratory dear herds are found in the eastern foothill/mountains of Butoa County, the East Tehama, Backs Mountain, and Mooratoon dear herds. Uhila some summer and intermadiato ranges are found in the County, the majority of the deer habitat is winter range, poor herds migrate each fall from their summer ranges in, the Tehama, Plumaa, and eastern Butte Counties to their winter range in Butte County, During mild veathet deer usually linger atthe higher elevations of their winter range until foread down by the first major snou storm to their "critical" wintor range, Deer generally romain coucautrated on the critical winter ranges until early April, p4raerving the stradal-ts and hardships of winter. Migratory deer have used their sutaiAer and winter range* in the past with little disturbance from human activity and ddvalopment. HoweVett this situation 'has changed in recent years, Subdivisions have encroached and are continuing to encroach Into door ranges at an accelerating rate; in pavtidulaV, the winter rAnse. Subdiviaiott and developed patteel divisions allow land use changes which result in A pata'anont load of dear hAbitat. Yorage and cover plants 4ra eliminated. DisturbAnde from uoisdo traffic* and domestic dogs inttetaa, noadhing problems gdnerally Increase along with increased public use as a result of improved road accises And subdivisions In the dear range. m67- I Loan of deer ranges) . particularly winter range$ to development RIas become a major problem threatening the welfare of migratory deer along the western slope of the Sierrai Deer face further hardships in the future unless planning efforts are expanded to identify, important deer ranges and control and direct developmeat to less sensitive a,,teas, ENVIRONMENTAL TAUS Several Laws apply to propos,,nd subdivisions in deer ranges, Some of these are, 1) the Subdivision Hap Act, 2) the California Environmental QutilLty Act (CEQA), 3) AB I.521 of 1,977 and 4) the Butte County Land Use Elument of the General Plan, Subdivision Map Act Stotion 66414(c) of the Act states, 'OA legislative 'body of a, city or county shall deny approval of a tentative map, 0 V as parcel map for which A tentative ,map van not required, if it makes any of the following findings: (a) that the design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are likely to cause, substantial environmental damage or substantially =d avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat." California Environmental qualitX Act,(OZ2A) CEQA guidelines require an Environmental Impact Report (BIR) be prepared for prdjacts having a significant adve'rae impact upon the drivirodment. Section 15091 of the guidelines identify the findings under which a public agency aay (or may not) approve a project having one or more significant adverse affects that are Identified in an EIA. 6 1 (Sa�tembe 1g77)) This bili declares it to be tha policy of the legislature to encourage the conservation, restoration, maintenance, and utilization of California's deer populations. The bill further provides a legislative mandate to the Department of Fish and Game to develop plans to manage deer heads. The objectives of these plane are the restoration and maintenance of healthy deer herds in the wild state and to provides for high quality and diversified use of deer it California- Butte aliforniabutte cduutX band Use Element of the General Plan The 'Land Use Element's policy toward deer is to "regulates development in identified winter ranges to facilitate tll'a survival of deer l>,er'ds"t DEER STiInY PANEL In August of L9830 the buttes County Board of Supervisors created ra Door Study ,Panel to study the pra_,am of development onoroa4hmeext into the migratory deer herds' ranger. The panel cesnsists of reapresen-tatives from the_ Dopavtmunt of Fish And Games (DFG), 'Butte County Fish and Gams, Conuni,aSian, Butte County planning Department, an independent planning prroi eesional, a private eng' nee:ro onvironmental consultlaut, and a private landowner, The panel'a responsibility was to study ways to minimize the impact of development on migratory Amar and to maintain the population levels of these MigratOZZY au M413 The following briefly outlines tilt door panels goals, programs and racommenda tiong -69- i. GOALS To provide protection to migratory deer in Butte County against significant adverse impacts from subdivision development To identify important migratory deer habitats.. To develop a General plan Laud Use Element Policy and implementation procedure to achieve these goals. ZI PROGR.AMS A, Develop overlay constraint Maps On. beer herd iaforma.tion. maps (6-9.1 summer tranga, 'wintor range, migration cor'idors, etc.). Parcel sizes averaging five acres or lesu, six to 20 acres, and 2l acres or. greater. General Plan designations with its existing minimum AeVOW size and existing, on.iag- identified trandPortatiOu corridors. Other coa: traint maps be devolOPed to identify` buildable areas {e.g, o elope, soil depth, stream sat'baok 000 *Task to be accomplished, B. The Department of Fish and Game's (DFG) spec,if'ie+ taiAkg are the following Identify deer: migration "windows" through salect:ed transportation corridors. This will be provided to the County Planning Department in the summer of 1984. - Update their migratory dear herd range inapt at haat antes every fire years to facilitate any future Amondmouts to the Land Use Elament gad Natural Resources Elemant of thea Butte county 'General Pian. C. Develop mitigation waaures to protect migratory doer. IIx RECOMMENDATIONS A. INDESIGNATED ADJACENT TO IDENTIFIED TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS (saes 'Table I) 1. Establish s. perimat,er fence design ariteria. On parcels greater than '.fiveacres in migratory deer tangs) thA perimeter fence is limited to barbed wive; (unless a special use permit is acquired,). To chew passage; of doer, the. fence 9hou lct 'be constructed of five s ttands or less of barbed wire: the bottom and top wird be 4 minimum of 16 inches and a maximum 45 inches above tho ground. 2. Create a beer habitat improvement fund by establishing a one time fee for allowing development of bass tba.Kta, 40 acres �1 minimum parcel size in critical summer and winter range and 20 acre minimum parcel size in aon critical slimmer and winter range. The fee ($45/acre ,in critical summer and winter range and $25/acraa in noncritical summer and winter range) would be paid by the landowners when they apply for a building permit. The find would be to improve deer habitat elsewhere in the County as mi.zigatioa £or development impacts along designated ttaansportati,on corridors. Alternative to fads structuroz Acres F-te/Aero .. 0-1,0 X43 10001 - 20 $25 20.01 39.99 $15 40+ No fee 5. Adopt attached Appendix 'WO iw & county dog control ordinance. 4. The Hoard of 5updrvisors should determ na3 which one of the following scenarios they wish to implement to allow cluster development within the Ag designation areas along tho identified transportation corridors (TC)i. Scenario "A" It Allow development of existing parcels to a density leas than a 40 acre minimum in winter range if the landowner(s) along ` the TC can combine with a landowner(s) of Alt' lands within the critical winter range outside the TO who Ls/arzl willing to transfer their development rights to tho TC, In this manner, if both partiea were in agreamont, tho lands along C the TC should ba developed into a. cluster concept limited by other constraints (e.g., slope, soil permQability,, $oil ' stability, etc.). AR designated handswithin thea critical t winter range that are not. leicated along the -TC would ba legit t undisturbed in parpeLuityw This alternative would allow an equal sharing of the economic gains through devolopmemt along the TC. conartom 1 A l low development of Alt designated lands along tbt TC to 0 bass than 40 acres minimum on critical aummer and wrixtter F ranger and 20 acro minimum on nou-eriticael summer and winter range. Dav'elopment along the TO Mould be as described in Scenario "A", AR designated lands not along a TC Mould be limited to 40 acres IUitsimum (711 major migration eorrldors! holding arena, critical summer and wi ator rangod and 20 acro ininiroums on non-critical aulmm ee aad winter range. Thd landowners would not share in the 4.can,omic benefit= of development along the TC. i` _._ TABLE I DEER STUDY IDENTIFIED TRANSPORATION CORRIDORS IN AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATIONS OF THE BUTTE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN Cohasset Road Richardson Springs Road Highway 70 Highway 32 Honey Run Road Skyway (To Inakip Neal Road Clark Road Penta Road Concow Road Big Band Road Cherokee Road Oro•Quincy Highway Bald Rook Road Porbestown Road (batt not Lover Forbestowu Road) Stringtown and Lumpkin Roads Black Bart Road Swedes Flat Road • including Hurleton-Swedes Flat Road LaPorte Rena Upham Road HUrleton Road 5i xbe Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will JLdentify deer migration. "windows" through the TC wheal parcels will remain at least 40 acres minimum in critical reinter range and 20 acres in winter range to allow deer movement to occur. B. IN AIR DESIGNATED LANDS WITHIN HT RATORY DEER RANGES THAT ARE NOT ADJACENT TO THE.TC L. Maintain either the existing parcel size or is 40 acro minimum in critical summer and winter ranga4 major migration corridors, holding arenas, and 20 acre minimum on.. non-critical; summer and winter r4agas. 2. Encourage 14adownets to transfer their davelopm4nt rights to acres within the aborad mentioned TC arenas (see Section i I1I.A.4.) if Scenario "A" is selected. r 3. Establish patios'rer feuce design aritaria ('sec: Section XV".A.l.). 4. Adopt Appendix "A" ani the dog control ordinance i C. ON_LANDS IrITHIN MIGRATORY DEER RANGES OTHER 'PILAR TR SE DESIGNATED AS A.*t IN TETE GENERAL PLANt L. Maintain existing Geuetal Pl.am designations and nxistitg minimulu parcel sixes. 45— 2. E*tablish a perimeter fence design criteria, (no eaction -N 3i Enforce Appendix "A" as the County dog control, 0 -rd anuce . U. THE FOLLOWING POLICIES SHOULD DE INCORPORATED INTOTIM M L MMENT OF THE GENERAL 'PLAN. policy On migratory deer ravage laand,j, m.aisatain tlmu saxistsing Gdnt err L Plan 'Land Use deli tions and minimum parcial 3izos, EXCept on.- AR ee:signated lands adjacent to identified' transportation corridare, VO Prceib division MW davelupm out of leas than 40 acres minimum iii major migrat:ioa corvidnr:ar critical summer and winter raaage and 20 acreri minimum iza nancritical Summer ,and winter range will ba allotled, Regulate development; in idautifiod dant ranges to facilitate the survival of the deer herd E"Oura'age the tv"Ofer of dmsve100MOtt rights if Seetario "A" is selected for implamdutati.otn (Sue Sa:ction XXX,A,4,) E. RECOMMENDED 'MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR SUbDIV181ON8 WITHIN MIGRATORY DEER RANGES. Retrain existing General Plan designations and minimum parcol sizes. Incorpovate appropriate mitigation measured in Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (C.C. and Rs). Incorporate appropriate Wi tigatilon measures as conditions of bui.Iding permit approval. orate: appropriate Witir,ation measuran as conditions of uZvision approval. A county ordinance ba created to require a apccidl., use permit for the construction of all woven 'rise (e.gop cyclonay hagwirea eta.) perimeter Eencet on parcoLs greater than five acres in migratory dear rringes. Establish an ordinance Appeadix "A") which is effective in controlling dogs in migratory deer ranges, hequire building envelopes Along the TC Ea'tablish a deer habitat fund by collecting a fee Eor development within designated trhusportatiott corridors (soca Section IIz.A.2.). x,77. 4 t.. The County should appoint an. ad hoc committee or fund a study to develop constrait:t map overlays along the identified transportation corridors to identify buildmbla areata (O.g,, 81006) soil, depth, moil permeabili.`ty, soil stability, stream setbacks, etc). SUMMARY Protection provided through the above mitigation measures to migl:4to<, r d,e6r is accomplished s it:hout any proposed changes to the land use desipatutions of the existing Land Use Element of the. General Plan, Sineu the above mitigation measures do allow controlled development to occur adjacent; to saleetead transportation corridors, deer habitat will be lost along theso rareae. This places greater impottaacea upon the remaining dear habitat to austaain tho yards. Implementation of the above mitigatiou mctanuras will 1) limit iatt6xzad development to areas adjacent to transportation corxi4ors on land desi.gnAted aa AR in the Gene tal glen, and Z) create a fund to be used for habitat improvement projects on critical deet ranges to improve flim quality of thea habitat, Thoso sites would be determined by the Department 0:1 Fish and Gama working in close cooperation with the: Butte County rich and Gauen Cammiission. In developing the above recommaadati,ons, assumptions were trade that mitigation measures "III -b-" and "III -C-" could be achia+red. Any dev14ti.ons from out assumptions would result in unmanaged land development that would be inconiist - ant 'with the: Subdivision Map Actw, the #-Xisting Land Use Element policy of the General Plan, and the existing California Le:glslatuta Policy (AB 1521 of 1W), -78- REFERENCES �� Responsibilities o£ Department of Fish and Game, Local Agancical Property Owners (prepared by Dike Evans): entitled " Converting Chaparral to Grassland Increased Soil Z. Article Fertility". 3. Article entitled "Evaluating the profitability of Brush Management and Oak Tree Thinning for Range Improvement of Fish and Game dated February 10y1083 pertaining 4 tatter from Department iological Importance, atd migratory, deer bards. to Areas of Special B : t of Fish and Gaiat dated , anuary b, 1983 dealing with 5. i atter from Departmen migratory deer in the Butte County foothills. of th© Board of Supervisors 4 Minutes :from. the December 21, 1982 meeting Parcel sire recomsaGnde�d by motion on item 4.10 about the 40 ac'ra minimum p the State Department of fish and Gameo artmestt of Fish and `tame dated March 30, 1982 rmgard S the 7, Latter from tiap octant e change in recommendations frost 2O to 40` acrc� minimum patrcals in imp deer winter ranges. 8 Assembly Sill No 1521 of 1977. 9. Subdivision Hap Act as amended Jauuary 1e 1984, Section (68474. October 1979. 10. Ea�ctirpt from Land Ilse Element of Butte County General plan, en S ace, Element of Butte County General Plan, 1978, 11. E�ccerpt from Op p l2 , Onif ied S;►or tsmen of D2X Information. in County Dog OrginanCa; Division 14 of Food and Agricultural Code 13. E�cist 8 Regulation and (kenning of Dogs. APPENDICES A. proposed Revised Butte County Dog ordinance. H. Letter from Department of Fish and Game, dated February '440 1984, about December 1983 migratory deer herd mapr ;. C. Articles entitled "What is beer Habitat and How Can 1t be Managed?" and "Feeding Strategy of Deer" - handouts from Deer Herd Maum&oment Series held in Chico on February 8s 13 and 15, 1984. D. Letter from Department of Fish and Gama dated March 29, 1983 addressing migratory deer herd minter xnnge loasea to residential e:evolopment in Bunte County. E. Letter from Department of Fish and Games dated January 31, 1943 toncorniag the three migratory clear herds 'which utilizta Buttes County, 1!k14116 %OdO5, license: per zone, deer tape per year, deer harvest and deer populations per hard. F. Natural HaL -it Combining District Lesson County; means used to address residential development within recognized Vildlife arEas, APPENDIX "A," PROPOSED REVISED BUTTE cowiTY DOG ORGiNANCE 112. The pr,5visions of this ordinance shall apply to the unincorporated, un.devaloped, or Very low density residential areas in the foothills and mountains east of Highway 99 (see 'Exhibit available at butte County Planning Department, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, for specific locations where ordinance applies). 113. In Gtny ` ss Lance in which a dog or dogs Ware observed killing, Wounding, OV pursuing dear, except as noted in Section 114, the pornon observing this r!ction may, kill the dog(s) if they are on their awtt property, have, the permission of the laiadowuor, or are on public WON (4.9. U.S. 'Forest Servic:at Bureau of Land Management, etc.). 114The p..ov sions of Sections 112 and 113 shall not apply 0-12ny of the follovtng: a. An, ai:ea wit'11i.n the corporate limits of any city, or wtthin any da e',.t.,4ed rural or residential area with 'Lot sizes of less tin three aCr'«it b; Any dggs bai :; list for the purpose of lawful training or hunting, 1 during presc%�.hed dwo, training; or hunting, seasons. c.; Drt,� in the Juraediate p.asenda and under direct control of the cover. The dog must be. in close proximity to the owner and the ouner must demonstrate effective contol of the dog. L15. the provisions of this act: do not provide a legal reason Cor unauthorized trespass. Offending dogs may be shot only by persons with a righ or premisnion to be on the propertY= Cher oV not the All incidents occurring r under this p' do s nra shot,. must ovis be reported n agto local. late enforcement of f ending dog or g officia-ls it; eluding Department of Fish and Game personnel Appendix HARDWOOD RETENTION PRESCRIPTION Prescriptions and recommendations prepared by Gary Bannon, Regiobal Ecology Program; Bill Laudenslayer, Fish and Wildlife Mgmt. Staff; Gary Hartman, Forest Wildlife Biologist; all located at Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, California. GENERAL RBCO"ENDATIONS RRGAUXNG HARDWOOn MENTION IN .tRZA.S WHERE TXMBRR PRODUCTION IS THE PRIMARY RESOURCU DIRECTION, 1. Recommendations concerning hardgrood a,tand density and iipatial. distribution -it wildlife utilization. Hardwoods appear to be more effectively utilized by wildlife when they araa maintained as aggregations, st4ndo, inclusion$ in stared& or stringer's rather than an scattered individual trees_ in a timber stand. It uoul.d be preferable to emphasizes the grouth and management of hardwoods as aggregations such as the example Otaft. Silvicultural Practices Handbook) Of one hardwood aggregation of 25 ft2 of basial area lit one portion of a 5 &are unit (or 200 ftl of basal area per 40 acres a Forest Service Manual 2405.14-5). Research work iodicatos thAt more benefits (wildlife, incremental growth of hardwoods, fuelwood production) Ate attained from hardwoods if they are maintained ad aggregations with stand densities greater that, so ft2 of basal area per acrd (Tappeinor iaad MtVouald,, 1179; McDonald, dt l., publication due .in 1083), 2. Recommendations for fruit (or hard roast) and ,forage production in bArdwood aggregations, X82» Mature hardwoods do Provide food and cover for many wi'l,dlife species. Food is provided by the immature stages of oak through browse (twigs, stems, leaves) of the sasedlings and saplings. The mature stages of oak provide hard mast (acorns) and hollows for dens. Little information is available regarding; 1) the age at which various hardwoods are mature enough to produce fruit or mast in, quantities large enough to contribute to the diet of wildlife species, or 1) the age at which the hardwoods become decadent and begin a steady decline in fruit production. The following provides information about some hardwooda in the. Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley of California . or which data is available, Naturally occurring California black: oak (, atercus t1112"W starts to produce acorn in modarate quantities at approximataly 80 years, although noticeable acorn production his been reported for black oak aprouts that were 20-25 years old. The age at whic t= production declines in California black oak is uneertaiu, however it mppareatly occurs sorra time after 500 year, of ago (McDonald, 1969). Blue oak ( ercud douglaas l) produces moderate amounts of acorns by GO years of riga however the age of decline is acorn production is not known The time of initial send crop production for other California oakrap such as valley oak QL. .lo, bats), Oregon wh. to oak; (_L. Ijrryana), canyon live oak Qq. ch-, ysol�) r interior live oak (L. wislizanii), etc. ;s not known (McDonald, pais, cow.). "Tanoak probably taraches a moderate level of acorn production at approx, 140 years of agcy and probably declines after 200 yearn. Although tmaoak ato=s are not preferred by deer, alk; hent, etc., they appoar to be fully utilized, thus tanoak acorns may provide gra important compotiout of the winter food supply for deer and bear as well as other wildlife species. g3- pacific madrone I menziesaii) begins to produce bevriaa (or fruit) and these berries are a Very LmVOttAnt foo" at about 60 years of age . ad pigns (Eolumba fasciata), mule deer for blre,a, peg. bank -tailed eo... and dusky -footed wood rats (NeotOM4 SaLt��i (0docailaus . f oda but t Pacific madrone Will produce heavy borry Crops up to 160 YOAVO 0 fruit production is uncertain after that time (RcDonAld and 01JOU, it press). if tha management objective 10 to %&jutai-n maximum Or (acorn) production in tmrdwood aggregaauoa'k tions Consisting of black O&kt t es ted that thaso hareg rdtiood stands ba s .and madroue, it is suggnerated a ages ranging from 160 1 to 250 Ytars- If'these hardwobd Ocancfs are, to bta tageneratdd through Vesproutills, then gaganavatiou should occur at ,an age till b4 vigorous. There is as indication: that black. when r8sprouting can a of vigorous Vosproutiog by 2 a 00 yers Of Age (Boaz, oaks becotte incapable go at Whieh tanoak And madroue arty no joager capable 21 al,,., 15:78). The a ever 200 years of age is a suggedtad. of reapr6uting is not known*, 110V intermediate value for the hs"fast age# Individual oak trees ate quite, vatiahla in the Acorn Production' Some trees are Consistent ptoduters vhetaas other do not PrOdUeO Adorn$ even in good years. It is important to 3,Alkitt good a4o= PtOdulzllts to ma"Ss in the Aggregation. Selection of thorn trees t&btuta oneugh to PtodtlOe &O-0=3 should, be done 9VOM jat,a July to early siptambor when th(a Acorn CTOP 16 most evident (V11ter 0. GVAV6-8, Pel:51 COMM#)' Age/diameter at breast height (d.b.h.) relationships for hardwoods are not very cleat but I am providing some general guidelines for black oak, tanoak and madrone derived from Phil McDonald's work on thinned hardwood stands on good .sites at the challenge Experimental Forest in the. northern Sierra Nevada, I have also added some information on canyon live Oak based on an i administrative study om the Tahoe National Forest (>scano and Yamanaka, i 1973); I separated the d.b.h. ranges for the different species On, the basis of the density of the standa. An arbitrary level, of 60% canopy cover was selected to separate open stands from dense stands This Level was selected on the basis of what represented a, reasonable separation point by field workers. Theta general guidelines may be useful to estimate the age of individual hardwood trees without having to core. thou. D,B.11, Mange (in inches) D.B.H. ltattge (in inches) for 80 yr. old treas for. 200 yr. old trees Species dense stand opan stand do-a6e atand dp6n stand Calif. Black Oak 4 10 - 14 20 30 15 canyon Live Oak 6 - 7 12 12 - - 15 Tanosk 6 - 10 1l - 14 -,� Pacific Madtone 4 - 7 7 - S 14 20 Dense stand - greater than 60% canopy cove opus stand w lens than 60 Z canopy covet p oak 34 he:commcndr�tiazra for mnxitiixixag fuelwtood production int.. California. bleat aggregations as Lhe primary objdative with acOm ptoductiotx for wildlife as the stacondary objective. «55r The following information is based on black oak but may bee Useful for application to other oaks and tanoak. a. Seedling regeneration recommendations,* Oak seedling esta`i.shmenit may possibly be enhanced by plowing or discing the ground under 'mature productive oaks wheu acorns are falling to the ground or by scheduling the 'harvesting of decadent productive oaks shortly after acorn fall. In either case, disturbance of the soil surface may result in burial of acorns and improved conditions for seed germination and seedling establishment from the acorns (McDOtta.d pens;. comm.) b. Sprout regenardtion recormmondati,ous. Many of the oaks, tanoak and mradrone gill resprout vigoroval.y following harvest which provides for ample, sprout regetneraation. A light fixe can also be used to stimulate oak., ttanoaak and madrone stump sprouting. Tanoak, California black oak and several other oak species are susceptible to heart tots which can devalop into s severe problem in these types of hardwood stands.. The following prescription developed for south-we=st Oregon and northern California hardwoods may "be utilized to reduce this problem. . "One3 means for 'virtually eliminating heart} Prot in young hardwood stnaads in Oregon and 0411iortaira is to 104" as stump lesaa than d inches tall, a practice that promotes sprouting from tho root tsrown, sprouts from root crowns have an extremely low incidence of rat bridging from stump to pith of sprout. Stool sprouts, which arise at or wei=r the top of �df,r higher stumps, almost always axe Litten and, also are auhcaptible to breakage by windand snow" (McDonald, etat•, publicati,ou due in 1983). c Thinning operation recommendations in young hardwood stands. Thinning operations in immature oak or immature tanoak a% rsgati,9ns �,aoul.d result in maximum incremental growth. Thinning of natural black oak stands should be done when sprouts and seedlings aVa 30-50 fest tall or when, the stand excesda 125 ft2 oe basal area/'.arra. "Trees growing in clumps (sprouts originating from the same hardwood root crown) usually should be reduced to no morns than 4 sprouts/root crown (Tappeiner and McDonald, 1079), ttoduciug the sprouts to one sprout/root crown may result in a spreading branch pattern of that: sprout p but if maximus iuc� , "an:tal growth is to hit emphasizedz 4 sprout u: should remain because the ir.cremonntal growth of -etch sprout is approximately the same an one sprout/hoot crown (McDonald, 1979). Two precautionary notes for thinning operations in. black oak. 1) thinning of sprouts that are 1-3 years old will result in v gorouu additional sprouting, ho+;dvar little resproutiug occurs if the sprouts to be thinned are at Least 4 y , 1978) o stars old (Mc'Donald and 2) J2 the 4+ Yo" av,"old sprouts are thinned down to 2-4 sprouts Per root crown, some will surl:,Qr from auuscald and forking. The 'level of su°nseal.d damage iuereascs signi.ficrsntly ars the baa.al ate& is reduead below 80 ft2/acro, Outhintted 'b1441t oak avid madrone sptbuts of similar age do d,ot: suffer fr— su°ascald and only from minor amounts of forha. -87- Thinning operations usually result in increased pra�luct�lon Of fruit and can enhance reproduction.. The thinning operations Ju yotxog black oak, tanoak and madraa:o aaggregations t1`10, 10-80 year-old aL nds) sha'uld emphasize trees A seed origin instead of tries from stump sprouts due to observations that seed origin trees tend to have stTraightar boles and potentially_ will bear fruit at an earlier age (Ta ppotner and McDonald, 1919),. if the hardwood aggregations are being maintained primarily far wildlife then the hardwood trams (aspac141,ly oaks and tanoaks) older than 200 y ears ahoul.d be. harvested. becauasaa quant pr,odut- tion may start to decline after this age and heart 'roL huilomen incrans- ,ngly Significant at 110-110 years for black Oaks lu ,-k t;ural stands, d. Slash disposal and burning rcoommeudaatl:au.s for hardvood staudd Most of the hardwoods and especially t1Y+s oaks are easily damaged by greFat caution should baa exet`cigud when fire Intense fire, Gonse4 uant~ly as to be employed for managing undergrowth Jvesotatioa or reducing heavy fuel lo&ds under: hardwood stands 0663, et al, 1978), Hoilouald a_ l- t publication due in 1963, makes the :ollowing aortm►atadatioinra regarding fire is hardwood stands; llouca a 'hardwood stands has been cleaarcut, s lath disposal by broadcast isurning p votaotdl roast crown sprouts by tamaving accumulations of slash frog aarbung than root crowna and by killing abo+ra«8rouud partiou,d Of stuuip s Slash it sa pa°rtis.11y-..:,ut hardwood stands should be loppa34. aazad scattered or piled., ptescribed burning is not rairommeaded. The bark of host hardwood speclas provides littler Lnoulatiou fro firs. Cambium is killed Heavily try small axassaurat3 of tadiativre hast, and 1oug vertLtal bold wounds are common 4ftdt fire", SPECIFIC HARDWOOD RETENTION P%ESCRIPTION FOR KEY DEER WINTER ItAI` GE IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA WITH POSSIBLE APPUCATION iii THE NOR' H COASTAL 01% OF CALIFORNIA. This prescription refers to the: following hardwood species unloas otherwise specified: California black oak, qq cos ltelloA&W, tanoak (Lithocarpu$ densiflorus), and Pacific madrone (Arbutus meuziesii). I. Em basis Hardwood species for Rey Dear Winter Rau e The oaks, especially California black oak are to be emphasized due to their value as browses (seldliugs, saplings and young tree stages) and production of hArd mast (acorns) which is of vary high value for deer,yelk, wild turkey, wild pig, squirrels, etc. Tanoak, acorns are not preferred but are utilized so this is also an important hardwood species for ovorui.ntering wildlife. Pacific madrone is an important hardwood, species because it r produces berries which are externely important to band=tailed pi -goons, other birds and squirrels. The betties are also an Important food source four'wood tats, other rodents and deer. Alder (Aloud spin;,), willow (Salix cottonwood (IaLltlus a .) , aspen (2PL maple (Acct app.) are important species along streams and in moist, areas for browse 4pociee and. cover in travel onrridors for wildlife moving bst.vesen different mast - producing hardwood stands or other dostinAtions. 2. Racommendedlaort Distributions for Mast- and Fruit - Producing Hardwood3. it is recosnmendcd that two broad age-4lass groups of hardwoods be maintain. a. ThLsa groups should be present 'With the following age -class distributtoa. a. Out i° r,ad age -class group of older mast and xrui.t=-producing hardwood tro+•,s rauging in age from 80 to ZOO years old. b. one broad age -claw group of young hardwood trees to replace the older map -t- and fruit -producers as they become decadent or dia. 'arra age rcaisge shotil,d vary from 10 to 80 yearn (for stands oriStnating from sprouts) or 20 to 80 years (for stands originating front sdddlings) . c. Sl,„ands that are 1 to 10 (sprouts) or 1 t4 20 (seedlings) years old vT.,►uld be coasidarad ars stands that are in the process of becoming aatablished;. 3. Har&;.00d Stated Selection Hard►oods should be present as aggrelsationa in units of 0,5»10 acres, rath,Dr than individual scattered trees. The hardwoods should be present as atandst atringerai or inclusions in a stands and should be maa4ged striltly' For ; ldlifa purposes or for wildlife and fuetwiood purposes. Mien: hardwoods are present In hardwood -conifer mixes, natural groupings of hardwoods should be selected for Maintaining and improving these aggrenl lona. A. few conifora Left within or it=adi4taly adja4ent to these aggregations provide for wildlife diversity and shelter. F44d observations of mature California black oak and canyon live oak trees indicate some trees are consistent acorn -producers even in poor years, whereas other tress do not produce scorns even in good 'year*. Consequently, specific hardwood trees (especially oaks) should be selected for iuclusion into stands when acozLs, (or fruit) are most apparent: (late July early November), assuming the trees are mature enough to produce acorns (Walter C. Craves, pens. comm.). It is recommended that these hardwood aggregations should be established as distin t timber stands, placed ondefinite rotation lengthiu And that stand record cards be established for thera. 4, Distribution, of Hardwood Aggravations over ra Large_ Area. ----------- a. The hardwood aggregations (especially black oaki tanoak and madronO a ;should be located whatever wildlife values are recoguixsd ad a yield from the forest. tong narvou hardwood stands including such species as alder, Villowt cottonwroodi ate, should be established or retained along streamside management zonas or riparian stringers for 100 feet on: either side of the stream course to maintain continuity batwoon discrete hardwood stands and provide travel corridors for wildlife. The discrete hardwood aggregations should be distributed as uniformly as feasible in the subject area,. informitti.on from California 'Wildlife biologists Intijeateu that hardwood aggregations on slopes greater than 60% receive only a loft level of utilization by dner '(5alwasson, It'll, lt�lw ]982, Caty Hartniin pars.. Comma). However it is suggested that slope uw.:aacaa gtaa ter or less than 50$ be used in the guidelines because 50? is tlzo slope per cant separation oint p used in land management planning and tllnbdr-harvesting operations The Eollowing area allocation xecommandatiom4l are based On as sumption$ and values presented in a paper on the management of CAllfoxnia black Oak and deer winter range by Donald potter and BarbarrA jollus ton, 1929. in their paper they conclude that 490 pounds of 4corurihere/year will simnitattdOUSly prodida the foll,o*jings l) 50% of the October-through-Dacsnbear diet oe one door (Odocoilcus he»mivaus is .. �.,.,..� .�) tzar .,ic:zra Nevada tnountai>n during 0001) -t AS's YEA9S . 50% of ito year-round diet of one gray aqw rvel (Sciurua 50Z of the October- thraugh" locambar diet of ane Mountain quail (Or..urt x Xtra) or aa.e valley quail (Ce.�.1,,e,xclifworsawtoa), Those food, requitemants Are applied its conjun,uticrn wttlt stud eta of are -at production for Cali;larnia black os k (Grimes, 1977; HcDoriald, 1969).to dotermine the size and number of tvaes roqui:rad to provide -90 pounds of acorns/acre/year, They estimated that 8.2 treaq/acra �jo►tld provides the requisite amount of acorns 4.4sumin3 the trcas etaj.c � inches d:b.la• VIth an avet4ge drown diameter 45,E 56 feet. Tba, knttjber and size Of treiee would occup.r about 207. cf each acrq. The teader is r®aind+:d that the Above assumptlo., aYtd val,una tyre based on black Oak acorn production aocuvrirg in cycles cles _vhoro marli.um-to.good -92-. acorn production occurs every 2-3 years (Roy, 1962). Recent information, from McDonald, pens, comm. and Walter C. Graves, 1982 indicate that Wlifornia black oak (on good sites) will have medium -or - better acorn crops every 4-5 years, Cousequently the percent of area occupied by black oak aggregations may need to be increased if black, oak acorn production in the subject arca appears to be cyclic in 4-5 year iuterval.a. if hardwood aggregations composed of black oaks tanoak ;and madrona mixture ase managed for wildlifa purposes, the following information may be useful. 'Tanoak, on good sites, appears to have as medium -toy- better acorn corp Lavery 2-3 years. Pacific madsone anppirtOutly has a modium-to-better barrr crop every 3-4 years. 'there is no known. information about acorn crop pariodicity for evergreen oaks (HeDoualdo pars. comm.). informative about: blue oak (Quercus dougl.aaaii) indicates that an average acorn crop occurs on alta;ruating years (Walter C. Graves, 1992). b. older Agee-claassa group (60-200 years) of hardwooda. Apptoximately 15- 209 of the key doer reinter range should be occupied by aggregations of this ago -class group, it. 15-20 acres/100 Acres. "Chian percintaaga of areae occupation is based an an ideal aggragation.. douAirarrat:ad by 20+ inch d.b.h. California black o4ks with 36+ feet diameter crowns, aad it further assumes that theses grass &to producing the amount of acorns that mould normally occur during an average -to -good mast: year. 'If the aggregation is dominated by tanoa;k or mradrona or if tt,* oak: present have lour mast ptoductiVity, the auiourat of axeaa orcupiasd by hardwoods should be increased to ine.lude additional mast-prodacing oaks, -93- I c. Younger age -class group (10- or 20-80 years) of hardwoods, Approxi- ciately'15-20% of the key deer winter range should be occupted by aggrd- gationd of the age -class, ie. 15-20 acres/100 acres iritis good represen- tation of all ages between 10 (or 20) to 80 years being present. This age -clads group would be maintained for replacement of tho older age - class group, as treea became decadent and were harvested. d. Sprout plantations (1-10 years) or seedling plantatious (1-20 years) of hardwoods. Approximately 2,5% of the key deer Wintor ri74aga should ba occupied by plantations if 10-ytaar cutting cycles and apvout planta- tions are emphasized, OR approximately 57. of the key doer winter range should be occupied by p1ratationd ir711--year cuttlag cyclas and deed Ling plantations are emphasized. 'It is ansumed that it Vill require approx. 10 years for a sprout plantation to bacomD ontablishad and approx. 20 years for a seedling Plantation to 'bedomo datablishad. a. gu=ary of area occupied by hardwoods. Approximately 3vo-407. of the subject area should be occupied by the two Age-dlasbad of bardwoOdd plus an additional 2.5"5% of the areas 'would be. otcupiad by hardwood plantations. go the amount of area that should bo occupied by hardwoods will range from 32.5 to 45% d6p(,SUding oa the ust pro4uttiout establishment and growth of the youngar bArdwood atands in the entire subject area. f,HanagdMent Of hardwood ISIAOdS remaining W tiuzb4r harvest arean. It hardiood \ggtegatloiaa aro aluaged 40 141anda in trutor-logged rogondgOona dun (alear-tuts, overate romoval of aholtatvood-cuta), *94o the table below can be Used as a generAl guide for tha null or of islands to manage (Gottschall, 1979), Size o>: cut units (acres) Number of ialande 4 - S 1 6 - 10 2 11 ?,0 3 11-30 4 Recommendations are not Provided for size ofislands.. That should be a site-speoific decision based on: 1) the number of hardwood trear that are adjacent _o each other; 2) the infest or fruit pxoducti+rity of the remaining hardwood tteei) 3) the ages -class of the remaining trees r and Vie) per teat of acreage or'uupied by 1"%VdWando in the enttta subject Area* eg, tompartment; vatatshedo ate, g. Stand Manag em --- _ for Ke, v boar *tinter Ran_. a, Oldest Age --lags stands (80-2001 YGays). Should bo. 55-60 ft' of b&aal area►/acrd for aggregations located on good si •ae (Sita t and U)`. on poo>t:ar sites, basal area should probably be reduced to 45-50 ft2 of 3A/acre. 'Chia btaal area will 41.46 enhance prefetred undaratory vegetation. it has been su€igested that in thiianing operations that the trees with lutea s tdadiug crowns by allowed to remain .in the utaad y jaximizing the c.MM-size-ta-truuk-diatetdv ratio, The underlying taitioula for, this action is that trees, with large spreading drowzie have a higher mast produetiVity than thn nart" taller uredo (Hdboilald) 1975; Gseatio and Yamanalrca, 1971) ., estate), Should 1y�i 1g0�1z� er Age-claas stands {10 nr 20-80 y b . Maung. banal area/aura fov aggregations located on good sit"'' ita 'Z and a )+ on poorer sites, basal area should probably be reduced to operations tions in thane Younger strands, thinning p 80-95 f b2/aura. During . hrardwood trees of coed origin should be favored instead of Cxcsem gars tpiG' bolos and slump sprouts (seed origin trs tend to have straigh. es potentially will bear fruit (4corns) at an earlier age* re ations» if couifars occur uALura,lly .0 the c. Conifers in `liardvood �gb g hardwood aggregations (up to 407 COMPOsitian of stand or aggrogatyiot)) conifers should he retained at 10-19 of stand eompoo"ltiou to anhanca or dentsiug cov�ir nes;tin� sl.tastao food source wildlife habitat . 09;b► etc. 50m0 large aonifera may be Maintained for nest troes or girdled or injected to provide large diaWater Snaga rafter an &"lysis has takers place on the ssatuber of artrags In the area and otatsparinoa �titia the potent nuaS Policy. b.prescribed Rotations for llrsrdwoods. A re n „» reatar than 160► 150 years .� ,scar Kardwoad trees (particularly oaks and tranoaks) g did should be harvostod WCAUSe mast, produGtj.dn fty bis rsd>aoad. of ter this «. tiara far the oakta. A.n aga and 'heart. rot, becomes signifl�erant at .110 lata y dLucl+w i atermbdiato value of 7.00 yearn is sugadsted for this harvoilt ago-, a lose tho ability to reaprout vigoroualy when 100+ yeara old» oak trends t~ erident; Cdasequeutly if ragenorretibra of black ask 3baaa3s is going to tau Wit? a e stands should be 1aawasted prior to or When the stands on rcaaprautrag, t1_ axe 700 years old» cutting for 'black oak re.genOtatiou ahould be done between een Doeember and May fog» bettar stuMP sProutlug (U'S." 4) 1970 however cutting And especially tree removal may be hazardous to h110 toil and watershed. The hazard may be reduced if tree removal is delayed until June or July. At least oue old (200+ year-old) linin,,, hardwood tree should be allowed to remain per 5 acres to serve as a nesting/cavity tree for 4ildl.if"e (Cary Hartman, pars, comm.). There should also be a few hardwood trees present that are, between 80»200 years old to be possible repLacoivartt tress if the neattag/cavity tree dies. 7 Recommended Timber inn Practices to maximize Ede Effeetn. All vegetative edges of a V'5eneratIO1.1 Wt or manipulation project should be scalloped as much as is feasible to maximize edge effects. For cable logging operations, the edges .should be scalloped to the maximum efficiency of the yarder (Phil Aune, Pers.. comm.). The scalloping activity increases. the Amount of edge/acre which increases the value of the cut or project for Vildlife purposes. REFEUNCES CITBD Aunap Phil - Personal ComitonicatLon, U.S, Forest Service - ?Otdst Silviculturist) Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, CA. Bosse Al, at at., 1978. Oaks and Wildlife Guidotiue3. Interim California black oak Management Policy, Shasta -Trinity Watioaal Fordstt Rdddingo California. Edcano, Ronald and Gordon Yamanaka. 1973. Ba4eliue d44 -A on Q,14ILfornia black oak (_q!jercus Now b.) with twphasis on Ponderosa Pirt-O-Associated Communities. Administrative study conducted from 2 July 197331 December 1973. Tahoe National Forest* Nevada City, qalLforaia, Oottachallt Glenn, Al Bosst Hoary Hopkins and Charly Prices 1979. Guidalinat for timber and wildlife managomeut coordination in tevneration cut -tine for the ZI Dorado National Forest) Region 5, U -S, VOTast SOrvidm- Graves, Waltat C4 1982- The dependency of upland game on 04k Hdat Production. Job pvogrdsA Report for Project NumbOV VI -47-6R-3,,4 Period covered for report-, 7/1/81 - 6/30/82, Califorai4 Fish tAd Game, Graves) Walter C. - Personal dOMAunicati0n, CaUfOruia Pial l And Oatact Wild'lifO 0iologistj Chico, Califothiti- Haremant Gary - Personal colmAanioat4on' U.S. porAst Sarvied - vora4t Wildlife 8ioldgidto Tahoe Utioaal Potodto Ndvdd& CItYj CallfOruias RtDonalJ$ Philip - Personal, c0mtOdnicAti0n, MA, Foratt S4rvice) Roadarch vordgte,r) paci7gic Southwest Vorost- and Range Expatimeat. St-atIOU, Berkilleyo CA, Stationed at Aoddingy California. "98o McDonald, Philip. In press. A local volume table for Pacific mdrone, tanoAjR and California black oak on a good site in North-Central Cal:ifdtrnia. USDA, k USDA, Forest Service.. McDonald, Philip. 197'9, Growth oilthinned and unthinned hare3400d stands in the North Sierra Nevada • Preliminary findings. Symposium on, Bcologyr Nanagament and Util.ixatiod of California oaks, Claremont, California. .tune; 26-26, 1979. ,gyp. 11.9-127. z R McDonald, Philip. 1,976. Silviculture -ecology of three native. California hardWooda on high sitegs in North -central California. Ph,,D. Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis* 309 pp. MdDOUld, Philip. 1969. Silvical characteristics of Califottia black oak ( det=s Newb.) 20 pp., USDA, Forest Service Reaearch Paper PSW-53. McDonald. Philip and David Olson. In prtas.t. Silvical chatactaristies of Pacific' madvone! (Arbutus menz� ie9sii, Purshk ). Mahusrript to be IA new edition of USDA Silvics Book. McDonaldi Philip; Don Mi.nore:) and Tdift Atzat. Publication due in 1966. South - Western Oregon-Northa7-n California Hardwoods, Agricultural Handbook No. 445 S ilvicultural Systdmd for the Major Forest Types of the United States* Potter. Donald and Barbara lohaston MO. An approach to managing Cralifoftia Olack Oak and Hardwoods oa a d0dt Winter range in Central California. Sytuposiuta on t calogy; N;tnageiadnt and Utilizatiotl of California Oaka, Claretiont. California. tuna 26-28e 19` 9, pp., 11,E-110, -99- Roy, Douglass, F. 1962. California Hardwoods: Management practices and r w 1 problems. Journal of Fotcstry 60t 184-186. Salwasser° Hal; Stephen Holl and Mike. Ross (Edit.). 1982. ott habitats, in California: Deer ecology and ',Aitat relationship models ,for i.nyctt"Y, planning and management, Unpublished Forest Service iutomaL dooument. 'I'appeinar, John and phi.l .p McDonald. 1979. preliminary re+cwomen4ationa for managing Cali.f0tuLA Black Oak in the Sierra Nevada. SYMPOsiUm on the Rcoiogy, Management, and Utili,xatioU of California Oaks, C1ettimon Calf.fot-nia. dune 26-7,8, 1979, pp. V37-111- U.S.F.S. 1973. The hospitable oak, coordiAa tion guidoliuug far wildlife habitats, No. 3. U.S. Forest Service, California. Region. ;�1NNING COMMISSION SUMMARY ` ,'%tT APPLICANT Deol Jjvrd ADDRESS OWNER PROJECT DESCRIPTION PROPERTY ZONED LOCATED_�� ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER(S) IDENTIFIED AS AP GEN. PLAN PROJECT CONSISTENT? CITY DATE APPLICATION RECEIVED y r PERCENTAGE_....' DATE REZONING PETITION SIGNATURES CHECKED ,_ DATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION PREPARED OR CHUCKED: DATE PUBLICATION NOTICE WRITTEN PUBLISHED DATE DISPLAY AD PREPARED PUBLISHED �. a PLACE NEWSPAPER NOTICE (S) PUBLISHED -C° C G. B T�f N ». j" '✓ DATE MAILING LIST PREPARED_..._............ + MAILED NUMBER MAIL -OUT NOTICES WRITTEN ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORICAL LXl3MPTION - ..._�..»., DATE FILED DETERMINATION NtGATIVE DECLARATION - DATE ADOPTEt1 AND DATE -....��.�.�.....:..�.._ ENV. IMPACT REPORT - DATE CERTIFIED OTHER COMMISSION HEARING DATES COMMISSION ACTION 80ARD AC'T'ION _. ------------------ ORDINANCU (5) ADOPTED-- s � � ti PROJECT NAME DEER 1-1ERD . r.. SCH # AP FILE # 84-6 ___... 30 Day Review Period Ends SCH Revie« Period Ends . OUT- GOING ACTIVITY Date Action �. Deer iiol'd �rat to Bob AlaPes, DOPtr 0�1 5/21/84 Deer He'd Study, ,temo, Minutes and bCa�a to Doer Hord, Study. ane neer Herd Sttta �lepj s minutes and MaP to board of Su" C1er o Roam c Deer Hord 5tud�T, demo i�l nut s CM MaP to LN=nn for T . C. S F I'ac •ets 11 copies 'j5 y � r 4 /� /,/ly yZ -lj J. e },F t 1 /j -441 � d xL 1 �n 'n .. l+.T, A' Y ! > _J2.Y 6qq of �,�/j01a5.. �atid, _11�4�'85 C..,,�at �. art 1J�er e d CeBobi�t�5ps,. __. D w't; 6 0 VI j MISCELUANEOUS 5. Briefing on the Status of the Deer Herd Maps and Policies. Commissioner Walter said the Board initiated General PIEln Amendments and Ordinances to be developed to implement the recommel,ded mltlOiltlOn > measures o He asked if this has been done11. staff said that the Ordinances and General Plan Amendments have not been done. Staff Is taking a Resource Energy Element and having part of that element deal with the deer herd watter. The RFP will bei cOming forth In a few months: Staff said they are mixing salary savings with the energy grant monies to accomplish this composite element. Commissioner Walter disc-UsSed the Interim policy by the Board being directed to the Advisory Agency and not the Commission. Staff said the Commission could apply that same polity. it applies to the Subdivision Map Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. It says "that any allowable development In a migratory deer herd range will require condition of approval stating that the owner pay any deer Mitigation fees required by County Ordinance for issuance of building perm I Its at the time such permits are Issued. The owner acknowledges that no such ordinance is in effect at the date of approval;,' This was approved by County Counsel. Commissioner Lambert questioned Fish nand Game agreeing to fees to solve ,the problem. Staff said It was not the jNL-lo'le solution, that other policies will be Incorporated. Commissioner Walter asked If anyone has sf�t these standards. Staff said It will be part of the Resource Conservation Element- 'Staff' said that the State Fish and Game Commission w111 be the watchdogs to see that things are being enforced. Str,�f Fsaid the fees wl 11 be used to enhance deer habitat. BUTTECOUWiY PWNIV140 C-61RHIS810N MUTES -'?,pnARY u -j !988 ©halfman Walter . § Winter. aM asked !* #%4f# !¥ 09 on {§■ W@gidMaps, »®\tin/ the //�\1\\! 4\� « Dam Staff stated £hat 'noncrltl</} the General the \ap.fOr cribloal . < � Plan. . . .. . y.. ^`. . . . . . . .. . .. . . .w.!\. t W\er §rrange Is keyed to .\:\ #nthkTtm#hdiscussed, deer fees, ( 87°-2,,11 Consideration of request to k to pay er.•eate an interim trust acoo�tht x proposed deer feeS.. �� �,39) h W?,iC a NOTION 4 DIRECT A �,� 1'iL�' y -- rv+ py THE �f , .�., ..Ian y Te+t; IJx � i R p#" FISH ArID C�ttE .fit\J. �, cw, .u,c.�'P1G AC`PI;t TAKi SlI TER't Vit" �G1 �kr��,1" BJ ,+...e �':#�t'�«�142V^ ra��.A C�Oi 14APS AND PTA,. CjEr, �j� z °,fir WERE, �..w THE; U h �yy „ ,,. �t �13UT ,ta a ...r'k. a. V tsi ,V iYEa. 4.? y • TKA" BOARD l z �7+ �. krV 1:+1:,3 ,R,3 L..,,`, ♦Yl,�x.L,L .�.� a `w. y ,J a'..dky1�[� #��yy�tR, ti e rs� Y1 q,rwan LrFv �, ,:x r�,a.y PROPOSED .PARCEL kSf11 1L`a'1t1d.. r„q ,.SCI x".�irk:1'1YJ. J.i.Uy#1+'671S.`�i�l�l rtl ;i. Yt11 rt�EPYTIx THE n. A a �:,� ai ? i�I` e,TBASE r03 LAR02 THAT AR STILL O �+ '� A111) THOSE GGw.C�;I� v r�+�ti � FISH AND G�iNZ. .� AS SE FORTH .-BY THE DEPARTP:E:�tT CP Z HZ �uZ`PA1ITIMM OF Pj:Z' ,AND GAME DOES, �'Qfi AGREE WITH T? 25t FINpjPjGSe �'n2y NEEi� �'ti REPLY T4 i"I� kTI; R'N Two �':.�M a M THE, AF�$EPtCE BOARD DAYq, T.3iE BOARD 1"ILL ASSia1:E SHE DEPAR IENTEOr DID NOT 242"AN WHAT 8,,' FISR AND GAME ABOUT FEu: t AY#AY; NVqTE• y 3 Y 4 Y 5 y unimoutly carried) Presentation by State Dep&rtment of 1` sh and GaMe. (251 NOTING THAT ON EACH OF THE DISPLSUxTABLEON- FOR EDEVELOFMENT Motion: ARE AND THAT THIS AREAS THp,T ARE HAT THIS IS NOT A 140T OFOR DEVELOPMENT ION TO STOP VAND pTHOSE BUAREAS 00 IDENTIFY SUITABLE ARE THAT WILL DE RESERVEDMIGRATION PARCELS INITIATEDFOR GENERALPURPOSES' PLAN OF ALLOWxNG FOR DEER EXCLUDING RLi'ARxAN�'TLAND AMENDMENTS' AS EECO101ENDED r ZONES• SET HEARING FOR BOTH THE DOG CONTROL ORTrINANCD HivD THE FENCIN rU�xPGRO S'ABOTHGATTCOMM`IS$IONHAT HhS MLEVEL SOF; THROUGH THE IEAR..N AT THIS BOARD, AND HAVE STAFF SET THAT ON AN AGENDA THE FUTURE. M S y I Y Y 3 Y 4 'Y 5 Y (UhanimouslY � rri ec1) .. Vote* r rte_ .44 158%._ _...., I�i]TT� "CO�J�ITY B0A1 1� V, IVA d about the status of the beer Herat deport' ck to Chairman Walter Aske it w111 come kja Staff stated that after It goes to the Soord then the P 1 arin i r79 Commisslon: hard Committee arida they stilt needed the tithe COMI+lttee? Chol rtPsn Welt -orasked rcP1 ace Karen Vercruse on do thoY to replace was sin steed 5taf f 5tal�ed that uO 11 the maps are done them Karen Vera -use . L6�66JS1 Presentation by State Department of Fish and Gam concerning a mitigation plan by the Deer Herd Study Committee. (from 10/21/86) (NO ACTION TAKEN. CHAIRMAN AUTHORIZED THE EXHIBIT MAPS TO BE REMOVED BY FISC EANDASGAOEN A5 RESEREP NT LETAT IVES V S WHO WILL PROVIDE COPIES TO THE BOAR artment G' dish and Game concerning Ozer Nerd Study Covanittee, or imPos"cion _ Discussion of letterf rom theSta'e Dep of lands. in dentfied�deer 86-594 a mitigation Plan y subdivision of a moratorium on IL d LATER 1 IN TNF µFETING FOR THE CHAIRMAN ranges. (HELD UNT PRESENT:) •,;h and Game concerning I artr4tnt of Cowittee• or imposition o ` letter. from State D Nerd study identified deer Discussion`tan by the Deer of lands in 86-601 a mitigation` P subdivision g86 AT 11 ,D0 A.M.) on additional DECEMBER 2, 1 Of a moratorium TIµED ITE P4 FOR ranges: (SET AS A I e De awtment Of Fish and Game concerning Oy am State p ositior 4 Discussion on of l ette f r the Deer Nerd Study Comm tten y or imp 59 r a mitigation plan Y in of a moratorium on additional subdivis onlNO FOR lands YHE NAT RMANe TO eBE ranges... �I�iEGD UNTIL LATER Th THE MEET. PRESENY-) concerning State (3eparixnent of Fish a�td Game imp • letter from Deer Nerd Study COO imposition 86�-601 Di'scussiat of plan by the 'ti ation p oval subdivision of 186dA.�i1�1:0 a A.P11) � deer a mi h on additional DECEMBER 2, 19 of a moratorium TIMED TT51A FOR ranges, (SET AS A - herd mappin9 pro3eet/1 nterpr�etstlon by Department ss 1 QII veer today, 2. and Game. it to the meetl.n of Fish net make to tee. d Game could for the Gommtssion oiVe a that F1sh en on the well meeting to deer Staff stated dome Sample maps om1n9 CommIss I o critical Thane were s to ar► upc for cY^ i t 1 cal and n n Staff was asked to come briefln9 on the mai lnterPretations ranges- received a letter from tl�e l�el�tzxrment of . Vercxuse stated that she had that t,hi:� Commission► is chairman man hat She t40uid like enteredintoLho VOCOtd statin ��-��6 t%at the e�in and fish and Ga afte dated d received our :Letter and rotacting fisFr and 1�l lc1 i 1 n l,,f�i�$tail that they bad of significant value int,ith ghat the Commission if; doing witl" making will Problem ASSOCiated w l `s s like dish and lrCi�ut, are h pPY immediate p" ervsorz Ye that the lmm at the hoard of Sup and not Ft 1tic.i� ca Issue that can be taken up511e said thrat it sound the s Commission.ia11 and Game wa1�t to know lS the Planning Commission is doin5 and with:whac t can is done it, the interim, anything s doo�tl to F1i" t.lapes, T±`i:ih and Game 011 have sent some mapIto s do Fight now 01A the i3talcl cklBerr�' Staff stated that they staff is Several parts 01 the County` Creek area. a/ V hIJSCELLANEQUScont' iued open Response Department of onse from Dep " sh and Came - Deer Herd policy I 2, from 1/16/86)• He stated Department since tl1e last meei:ing• in rieeded• Bob Mapes talked to the Planning P meetings• 'gob teed to fund a person for .two months to do the ntapp g that they have a8" could lcssibly start holding would nve Theme was a discussion on when they hoped that they might be able start sin oneomontli.s' but they Mapes p of the mapping to see what the progress Commiss.ione. Walter felt that the C of the deer ommission needed updated movement nformYt on reran now, and they would update these lie stated that they plan to collar deer Bob napes stated that the 1.983 maps were in use, maps as the information carte to them. in tre future in Butte county Feather -use asked about bringing the Feather Falls area forward far p Chairman Vercr__ hearings• b map they y 0 a•. e.: by area or map Y "Staff stated that statementsi in the Itesotirce St;afx. stated that if the Commission Wantsas 0 could hold separate ntent to hearings• policy Incorporate the deer held information for P Consetvation Element,one Chairman Vetcrus e wanted to know' if they could sari out the areas that are 8 to deer habitat that it would by better es cautioned 'the Commission not to go too fast,Bab Map tohave a large area to look at. ' Chairman Vercrus e asked if the Department of Fish and Gama would alter the range maps'but would aekoowledge land st r',ed that they wotiV not alter the maps Bob Mapes • l ran�Z 4 that i lost from criticra Lynch discussed t'ilat- it't same areas thele 'nay ue a te=ed to `have :a Comntissiorier Lyn lits Gild rezones for possibly one 'i moratorium on lot splits s Ago at the map stated that Fish and Game 6 month g reed that Cemmissionet Valtet at Fis taken no action to update it= was out -of date, but had app e In }utte Bob napes. stated that they agreed to take a look at the deet beta 'ren% County;Department is a se s'tiated that~ th+a help provided to the pl annin$, Chairmant]urcrut directi� tt: step in the rig.h bU' 1.9g6 _ y t;0'UNTY i'LANZ�tI�1C_ tp�lt�ZSSI(lN itINtlTE� rlati .h 2n i Commissioner i&Iter questioned Mr. Mapes about the Siegert property that: was discussed earlier and pointed out that we had been delaying projects for these. applicants for. approximately 1 year. Bob Mapes stated that he was not familiar with the site anti that the area was on their maps as winter range. this property should be on the Winter range MAP - The Commission questioned if Chairman Vercruse stated that it appears to be lost to habitat and Would like to° allow a split on the 30 acre parcel of 5 acres in front. This matter was con:,iiued to later in the meeting. Vio MISCELLAN50US ment Of j'j5h and MA d v 2. r%uvponiae - from Depart Onew Her! P Ili ( v (Contin red from 12/19/M air: cd at the Maps that sta+'f is prepar-irlg anti Bob tj�.kpes stated, that Fie 10t-, he Felt It theY W(Dttld "ork. Staff tated th, _It the (-Oati mplotion of all the maps wtzwqarated fpr May, '"? rmed an the PrQ9rO5%- but will I eeP th' f' r 85-773 Report from Chief AdministratiYe, Officer on the status of legislation to control deer management area hunts. (539) ' IRTION TO EMENT AREA HUNTS. MOTION: CONTROL DEER f ANAGUNTY IN THEIR EEEOR'f� TO CHET LEGISLATION M S s VOTE; 1 Y 2'Y 3 Y 4 A. 5 Y (Motion carried) Rage 223 ,. Bettye Kircher re were submitted " ported that she had received c�ti t'10 Board of SUpe the Department pies of doc,umeots Commission and perv;tsEors °f Fish and Game that will Which is being referred for the inquiry of the res Probably bo placed tack to this this pons. ft^o'm the 6opartment of on the next Commission sent• forward to Fish and Ga agenda_, This is the Board. me to the questions • MISCELLANF-oUs,- Response from Department OF Plsh. and Game - Deor Herd Policy oisc.ussloh (contlhUed open from July 12� 1985) Commissioner Vercruse announced that the Department. or Fish and 06me lsi holding meeting In the Chico City Councj-,r 4 at 7:80 p.mi,6 regarding range mamagement pj6hil Ch6mboson Septembe s. ThIN Iteff, Was Continued to October 17 x 1986% Under IIIMj.ace jjanboUs§,v* artmen.t taf Fish and Came onse from OeP 19g5y Resp om September 19V MISCELLANEOUS (contlnued fr and JIM Deer Herd Pollcl Steve StreeVer Oken w►th peer Herd e said She had sP attending p Walter Vice Chairman Varcrus having trouble perhaps COmmisslon-� Chairman Avis Is that Snowden so she sugctestedA meeting Was will, lace Ory the COMMitte-. 5tgr Brown Comm meetings+ november 6• might like to take h1s Pon Wednesd8V+ scheduled for 9;00 e•m• also be involve d•at 3e00 P'•m'' continu$d to November 21, 1985+ this Item "A